Billboard Converts Desert Air Into Drinking Water

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We all know the adage of turning lemons into lemonade. But have you heard the one about the billboard that turned polluted desert air into drinkable water?

Lima, Peru, is the second biggest capital in the world located in a desert. Raindrops are few and far between. The city gets less than an inch a year, forcing many residents to get their water from less than desirable places, such as dirty wells.

However, Lima’s humidity is around 98 percent, so the University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) teamed up with ad agency Mayo Publicidad to create a billboard that harvests moisture in the air and converts it into purified water that locals can tap at the base of the billboard

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